The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) provides hospitalisation cover of ₹5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care. The target population covered under AB-PMJAY is determined by:

• A Deprivation and occupational criteria from the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011 ✓
• B BPL card holders and Antyodaya Anna Yojana beneficiaries only
• C Families with annual income below ₹1 lakh only
• D All families covered under the RSBY scheme automatically

Explanation

AB-PMJAY eligibility is based on the Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) 2011 data using deprivation criteria (for rural: households with kuccha walls/roof, no adult earner, female-headed household, disabled member, no land holding, SC/ST categories; for urban: occupational criteria such as rag pickers, domestic workers, street vendors). Approximately 10.74 crore vulnerable families (50 crore beneficiaries) are covered. RSBY beneficiaries were automatically included in the transition. BPL card alone is not the eligibility criterion, as SECC data differs from the BPL list.

Reference: Park's Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 27th ed.

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